TOC Bookmarks, without the TOC

One of the coolest things about InDesign's Table of Contents feature is that it can create PDF bookmarks for each TOC entry. Simply choose Create PDF Bookmarks in the Options section of the Table of Contents dialog box.

But what if you wanted those bookmarks, but not the TOC itself in your PDF? No problem, just create the TOC on the last page of your InDesign document, and don't include that page when you export to PDF. You still get the bookmarks, but no TOC. You could also export the entire document and then delete the last page in Adobe Acrobat.

Also, don't forget that as soon as you create the TOC, the bookmarks will appear in the Bookmarks panel, where you can rearrange them, rename them, add or delete bookmarks, etc before exporting to PDF.

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